Beauty and personal care · Metro area · New Mexico
Hair salons in the Las Cruces, NM metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Las Cruces, NM metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #33 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 131
- 26 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- +20.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $72M
- On personal care products and services · $849 a household
- Spending per listing
- $550K
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.4
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 229,091
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Las Cruces metro area is 70 (upper middle), #33 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in New Mexico. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for hair salons.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 131 hair salons in the Las Cruces metro area. Of those, 26 are chain locations, or 20%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 15.4 per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in the Las Cruces metro area spend about $72M a year on personal care products and services, or $849 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $550K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 28% above the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Las Cruces metro area was 30 in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,830 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $99K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Las Cruces metro area. Population estimates show the Las Cruces metro area grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Las Cruces metro area compares
The same measures for New Mexico and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the hair salons counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Las Cruces metro area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.4 | 17.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $550K | $530K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,830 | 2,313 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.0% | +13.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $849 | $913 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $56,848 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30+20.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 79
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 329Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13126 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 167The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $99K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Las Cruces metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Las Cruces metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 229,091+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 84,889
- Median age
- 36.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,808 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $56,848+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,951
- Median home value
- $220,800
- Jobs located here
- 79,505
- Daytime population
- 218,304Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in New Mexico for hair salons, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Las Cruces metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Las Cruces, NM | 70 | 131 | 15.4 | $550K | +4.1% | #33 of 387 |
| 2Farmington, NM | 61 | 68 | 16.3 | $525K | −0.9% | #87 of 387 |
| 3Santa Fe, NM | 59 | 144 | 20.3 | $502K | +1.2% | #110 of 387 |
| 4Albuquerque, NM | 54 | 717 | 19.1 | $500K | +0.8% | #142 of 387 |
Other business types in the Las Cruces metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas65
- Hair salons70
- Barbershops47
- Nail salons63
- Spas and skin care60
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Las Cruces, NM metro area?
There are 131 hair salons on map listings in the Las Cruces metro area as of September 2026. 26 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 329 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Las Cruces, NM metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $72M a year, or $849 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 131 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $550K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 84,889 households in the Las Cruces metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Las Cruces, NM metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Las Cruces metro area has 15.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $550K, 28% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Las Cruces metro area would have about 167, against 131 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,830 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Las Cruces, NM metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Las Cruces metro area at 229,091 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,889 households. The median household income in the Las Cruces metro area is $56,848 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Las Cruces metro area scores 70 for hair salons (upper middle), #33 of 387 scored metro areas.
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